United Kingdom (UK) Current Affairs, GK & News
Foul Air Death
The UK has recorded the world’s 1st foul air death or death legally certified to have been caused by air pollution. A 9-year old girl who lived near a busy road in London had passed away due to respiratory complications and an inquest is underway. According to WHO, air pollution contributes to 4.2 million deaths ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Air pollution • foul Air Death • United Kingdom (UK) • World Health Organization (WHO)
IIT Kharagpur: AI Based Social-Distancing Monitor
The Researchers of IIT Kharagpur have developed an Artificial Intelligence based cyber-physical system to monitor social distancing in public places. Highlights The device developed by the researchers will play a proximity alert whenever there is a violation of social distancing norms. The device captures field view and computes distances according to the criteria set by ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Australia • IIT • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Social Distancing • United Kingdom (UK) • WHO
UNGA resolution demands UK withdrawal from Chagos Archipelago
The United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) passed a non-binding resolution asking United Kingdom (UK) to return Chagos Archipelago in Indian Ocean to Mauritius. Key Highlights Background: On February 2019 International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of separation of Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 when latter was a ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Topics: British Indian Ocean Territory • Chagos Archipelago • Diego Garcia • India-UN • Indian Ocean • International Court of Justice (ICJ) • Maldives • Mauritius • UK-Mauritius • Unga • UNGA Resolution • United Kingdom (UK) • United Nation General Assembly (UNGA)
Iran announces Partial Withdrawal from JCPOA
Iran announced it will pull out of some commitments under 2015 international nuclear agreement signed with world powers, called Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA). About Iran’s Partial Withdrawal In a move of partial withdrawal from JCPOA Iran will pull out of some commitments such as: It will stop suppressing its stocks of enriched uranium ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Topics: China • Enriched uranium • France • Iran • JCPOA • Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action • Middle-East • Nuclear Agreement • P5+1 • President Donald Trump • Russia • United Kingdom (UK) • United Nation Security Council • United States • UNSC
UK Elects its First Female Sikh and First Turban Wearing Sikh as MPs
In a first Preet Kaur Gill has become the first Sikh to be elected to the British Parliament’s House of Commons. Similarly, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has become the first turban-wearing Sikh to be elected to the House of Commons. In a first, the House of Commons will have a record 12 Indian-origin MPs, which will be two more than ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017
Topics: International • Persons in News • United Kingdom (UK)